... James Dryden, aged 22, who, during the last few years, has saved no fewer than 17 lives in the Tyne at Newcastle, has just been awarded the Royal Humane Society's medal for another gallant act on the Tyne at midnight on Auril 22nd. On this occasion he saved, under most perilous circumstances, the life of a young fellow named Dixon, who accidentally tripped over the quay and fell into the river ...

... Another Unsuccessful Appeal. LONDON, Monday.—In the Court of Appeal to- day—before the Master of the Rolls and Lord .Justices Kay and Smith—Miss Gertrude Jeuner, the plaintiff in the actiou of Jenner v. Cotterill, which was one-of ejectment, appeared iu person to appeal from an order of Baron Pollock dismiss- ing the action as frivolous and vexatious. Miss Jenner claims under herfather'swill ...

... TERRIBLE STRUGGLE IN A TUNNEL 1 Ab the Liverpool City Coroner's Court—befojP* Mr T. E. Sampson—on Wednesday an inquiry *• held touching the death of Patrick Spence, about 30, able seaman on board the sailing Canada. Deceased was a native of Dublin, arrived in Liverpool on the 1st inst. from Sydney* New South Wales. He was stated to have been o several occasions the worse from drink, and ...

... A GOLF MATCH AT MIDNIGHT. A golf match at midnight in Great Britain founds incredible, but at Lerwick last week (says GoTf) four members of the Shetland Golf Club engaged in a foursome, on the club's course at Annsbrae at that unusual hour. The players were Messrs J. C. Mauson and D. Mornson against Messrs F. J. Smith and G. Kay. In these northern latitudes at the present time there is ...

... box, once properly made, need nev$r be opened, providing one end of tho line has been securely fastened to the reel and the cord works through the aperture in the front. My sketch shows the idea internally as well as externally. Patent leather is very delicate, especially when new, and sometimes a very slight pressure will crack it, so that before putting shoes of this leather on they should ...

... H.M.S. THUNDERER. Arrival at Pembroke Deck. The battleship Thunderer, which has super- t seded the Rupert as guardship at Pembroke Dock, arrived there on Saturday from Devonport, where she had undergone a complete refit. The Thunderor, unlike all modern ironclads, is encased in armour along her entire length. She was built at Pembroke Dockyard under the supervision of Mr J. C. Froyne, the ex ...

... A Tribute from Sir Wm. Harcourt. The following letter, published in the Herald Cymracg of Monday, deserves a wider circula- tion :— Midland Hotel, Derby, 13th July, 1895. Sir,—-No statement can be more absolutely false than the downfall of the Liberal Govern- ment was due to the neglect of Mr T. E. Ellis. No Government ever had the advantage of a more able and efficient Whip.-Yours faithfully ...

... A certain individual, who (says a Paris corre- spondent) had been enjoying himself rather freely, went home, as he thought to bed, but towards one o'clock in the morning his slumbers were disturbed by the screams of a strange woman in the room. crying Help, help; murder She—for it was no dream -was ab the window shrieking for assistance. Then came police and neighbours, the latter in a ...

... The Central News correspondent at Dungarvan says :-A man named Hubbert, caretaker of an evicted farm within a few miles of Dungarvan. was, with his wife, shot through the window at 4 o'clock on Sunday morning. The doctor, who has extracted sjme of the pallets, oonsiders the man's life to be in danger. The woman is less seriously injured. The scene of the outrage is a lovely glen called Lisarow. ...

... Tuesday.—An official com- *}tJttlcat|on contradicts the report that the con- jjy of the vilayets ou the Macedonian frontier o l oaus,) for alarm, and declares that there is s ...

... WESLEYAN CONFERENCE. The New Prestdent. The Wesleyan Conference opened in PlymfttifcW On Tuesday.jjiDr. Waller was chosen president, ithe next names in the order of voting being Dr. :Randles and Mr Hughes. The Rov. Marshall, Hartley, by practically a unanimous vote, was; chosen to follow Dr. Waller in the secretaryship. Vacancies in the legal conference 'were filled byi the election of the ...

... It looks as if the Labour party were annihilated- —The Times. WATCHES, Clocks, and Jewellery repaired at the lowest possible pdces forfirst-class work. None but experienced workmen employed by. Henry.Tainsb, 2, St. Mary-street, Cardiff. -• 4274 ...